Hungarian Language
Linguistic Classification Hungarian, known as Magyar, is part of the Ugric branch of the Finno-Ugric group within the Uralic language family, making it distinct from neighboring Indo-European languages.
Number of Speakers Hungarian has approximately 13 million native speakers worldwide, with over 9.8 million residing in Hungary.
Global Presence Significant Hungarian-speaking communities exist in Romania (1,038,806 speakers), Slovakia (422,065), Serbia (241,164), Germany (217,000), Ukraine (149,400), the United States (117,973), and Canada (75,555).
Official Status Hungarian is the official language of Hungary and one of the 24 official languages of the European Union. It also holds official status in parts of Serbia's Vojvodina province and certain municipalities in Slovenia.